- nicaragua
- March 2012
Dates: March 3-11
Price For 5-7 people: $2,499 / person
Price For 8-10 people: $2,299 / person
In March, Roadmonkey returns to the land of Rubén Darío, one of Latin America’s most revered poets, to explore & hike two spectacular volcanoes - one of them still quite active - and then build a kitchen for a school in the northern highlands near Honduras.
Our expeditions are more than mere guided tours. We allow serendipity and spontaneity into the schedule. We bring a small group of thoughtful, like-minded adventurers together. If you want an international experience that you’ll remember for years to come, keep reading.
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expedition route & itinerary
Our adventure begins in the colonial city of Grenada, about 1 hour south of Managua, and takes you to a volcanic lake for a swim and lunch en route to the Isla de Ometepe: the island in the middle of Lake Nicaragua from which rise the twin volcanoes, one dormant, one still active. For four days, we’ll explore the volcanoes and the island they form. Then we’ll drive north to complete our 3-day kitchen-building project with our nonprofit partner, Fabretto Foundation.
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In partnership with the Fabretto Foundation, the Roadmonkey team will work with a local community to restore a community kitchen. The school relies on the kitchen to supply the much needed Fabretto school lunch program.
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what's included in this expedition?
The price for this Nicaragua adventure philanthropy expedition includes full lodging, ground transport, equipment rentals and most meals, save for one or two taken during your free time.It also includes the planning and development of a hands-on volunteer project that you and your expedition members will complete in three days. International flights and tipping are not included in this price.
The expedition begins on Saturday, March 3, when we meet you at the airport in Managua, and concludes the following Sunday, March 11, with an optional drop-off back at the airport.
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lodging & food
Lodging is at superior hotels, inns or guest houses whenever available. During the volunteer project, you'll be in a comfortable lodging near the village where we'll be working.Food in Nicaragua is classically Central American: plenty of rice, beans, tortillas, tomatoes, meat and fish and an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables; seafood by the coast is deliciously plentiful. Vegetarians are well served almost anywhere.
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your arrival & departure
Expedition members should plan to arrive in Managua no later than 3:00pm on Saturday, March 4 for personal pick up, and depart from Managua beginning on Sunday, March 11.
Interested in joining this adventure philanthropy expedition and have additional questions?
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Upcoming Expeditions
Nicaragua, March 2012
Expedition Travel
Explore and hike a spectacular (and active) volcano.
Hands-On Volunteer project
Build a kitchen for a school.
Adventurers Who Travel Different, Talk About It:
What you are doing has had a huge affect on all of us, internally. Externally, there is a playground where there was none and a bit more hope than there was just a week ago. There are ties forged by the experience that go both ways, and cross oceans, that will never be undone. It's a beautiful thing.
~ John, architect (Vietnam 2010)
Thank you for an incredible trip. I was surprised to return from travel to a new land feeling rejuvenated by and indebted to a group of people I traveled with. We Roadmonkeys dug our toes into foreign soil and I got the feeling that, in a little over a week, we were let in on some of the secrets Peru keeps from travelers of convenience.
I was hoping for a trip through which I would learn about and participate in another culture and be challenged mentally, emotionally and physically in a relatively safe format. The Roadmonkey trip fulfilled and, then, wildly exceeded all my expectations.
